The Works of J. W. von Goethe/Volume 9/First Loss

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

FIRST LOSS.

Ah! who'll ever those days restore,
Those bright days of early love!
Who'll one hour again concede,
Of that time so fondly cherished!
Silently my wounds I feed,
And with wailing evermore
Sorrow o'er each joy now perished.
Ah! who'll e'er the days restore
Of that time so fondly cherished!